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This story was originally published by the Kansas City Beacon. Expanding state financial aid programs, banning COVID-19 vaccine requirements on campus, and restricting lessons about racism and sexism are just some of the topics of higher education laws being proposed in the Missouri legislature. The next legislative session starts Jan. 5, but representatives and senators  […]

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A Missouri man on Friday pleaded guilty to federal charges of receiving child pornography, admitting to a second offense involving the illicit and illegal videos.

A Missouri official is requiring school districts that want state bond deals to comply with a court ruling last month stripping local health authorities' discretionary powers to combat diseases like Covid-19.

Phil Chen, a Jamaican-born session bassist whose long list of credits include recordings with Rod Stewart, Jeff Beck and members of The Doors, died on Tuesday, December 14, after "a…

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Metallica received a special honor in their hometown of San Francisco Thursday. In honor of the metal legends' upcoming 40th anniversary concerts at S.F.'s Chase Center, Mayor London Breed declared…

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Fa-La-La-La-Lah With the Christmas tree trimmed, cookies baked, and packages wrapped, it’s time to fah-la-la-la-lah—what’s ever that means. So I decided to make a list of my favorite Christmas songs, foods, and flicks. Some are oldies; others more recent, but I’ll be sure to take in a few of these again this year. My Favorite... 

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Hazelwood keeps its mandate while Rockwood and Parkway are set to vote

When Blake Askew thinks back on what inspired him to get into food in the first place, it all goes back to his nostalgia for a bygone era of dining — one that he hopes to recreate with his new pop-up series, The Mainlander (www.themainlanderstl.com).

"I always had this desire to go back in time, which is what drew me to restaurants in the first place," Askew says. "I got serious about cooking in my mid-twenties, and I read everything I could get my hands on — cookbooks, memoirs of chefs.…

Here are some of the silver linings and flickers of hope from a year in which we often saw discouraging headlines.

If school districts want to take advantage of a lower interest rate on bonds, Missouri Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick is requiring them to certify compliance with a recent court ruling targeting …

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is celebrating his attempts to dismantle the state's COVID-19 health protections. That mission — which has been met with dismay by health experts — got some support this week in the form of an irate cop berating a school bus driver over masks and the state treasurer warning school districts that he would not approve bond deals unless they fall in line.…

Toni Cornell honored her late father, Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, with a performance on NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday, Toni performed her own version of her dad's…

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The Action St. Louis office caught fire Dec. 5, severely damaging the building and leaving the office uninhabitable.

Today, December 17, marks the 50th anniversary of the U.K. release of David Bowie's fourth album, Hunky Dory, and two special releases are planned to celebrate the milestone. First off,…

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Decisions come amid increasingly bitter debate over mandatory COVID-19 mitigation policies in schools.